Plate-lifter.



PATBNTED NOV. 21, 1905.

0. GOODWIN.

PLATE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED 111mm, 1905.

K w fi m W Q U 0 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

HALF TO J. HOWARD WIGHT,

OF BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHlRE.

PLATE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 10, 1905. Serial No. 249,484.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR GooDwIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berlin, in the county of Coos and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plate-Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to plate-lifters which are composed of wire jaws that are adapted to be manipulated so as to clasp the edges of a hot plate and lift it out of hot water or from other place and transfer it to another position.

This invention consists of improvements in plate-lifters which will enable a plate to be more readily clasped and held than heretofore and which will for the reasons stated avoid breakages and other disasters occasioned by the falling of the plate.

The drawings hereto annexed form a part of this specification, and are to be referred to as such.

The same letters of reference on the drawings refer to corresponding parts.

Figure 1-of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved plate-lifter with the jaws slightly spread. Fig. 2 is a plan View with the aws widely separated. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

My improvements have been made on that class of plate-lifters having a wooden handle a extending to one side of the jaws or clasps be, and the prolongation of the handle over the jaws provides a means for their support and manipulation. In my improvements the jaw b, which is composed of wire of proper size, is rigidly connected at one end with the handle, so that it may be moved in in any direction by turning the handle. The lower ends of the wires composing the aw b and connected, as stated, at their upper ends with the handle a, are connected by an integral part of the wire 0, which extends horizontally between said lower ends and is bowed outward at its center, as at d, where it is provided with two horizontal fingers e, rigidly connected with it A short distance out from where the arms of the jaws b are rigidly connected with the handle said arms are bent to form an eye f, in which the upper ends of the arms of the jaws c are pivoted, so that they may be readily swung from side to side by the movement of the arms of the jaws b,

' handle; but I through the medium of the handle a. The part c of the jaws 0 below the eyes f is precisely the same as the aw 6, except that the part c, which extends horizontally between the lower ends ,is bowed outward at d in a direction opposite to that of the jaw b. When the jaws are together, the ends of the fingers just about meet, so that they have somewhat the appearance of a single wire arranged horizontally and severed in the center. These fingers e are a most important part of my improvement, since they enable me to readily catch under the edge of a plate, as I could not do by a mere bend in the wire, though the bowed portion a of the jaws assists with the fingers e to form a substantial seat for a plate or any other thing that may be caught up by the aws. J The extension of theeyesf away from the handles affords a considerable length of wire, as at g, between the eyes and the handle, whereby the jaw rigid with the handle may be manipulated and also operate the swingin jaw.

may not have the handle a extend out to one side, but use the part over the aws as a prefer the former arrangement, since it obviates the liability of burning the hand by steam. What I claim is A plate-lifter consisting of a laterally-projecting handle of wood, two jaws composed of wire, one j aw having the upper ends of its arms rigidly connected with the handle, and eyes formed in said arms at a considerable distance from the handle, and the other jaw having the upper ends of its arms pivoted in said eyes, both jaws being coincident in form in their lower connecting parts, said parts being bowed outwardly to the same degree awayfrom a central line, and each of said connecting parts being provided with two rigid fingers extending horizontally inward in position that their inner ends will barely touch when the jaws are closed, each of said fingers being located at a considerable distance inward from the outer ends of the jaws.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR GOODWIN.

Witnesses:

T. G. BRIDGS, W A. N. GENDRON. J 

